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A spam email about “Home Delivery” was just sent out from the address “[email protected].” We’ve pasted the email below. We’ll update with any response from the New York Times, especially regarding whether users’ information was hacked. So far they’ve acknowledged that the email is spam, though that doesn’t say much about the nature of...
It’s the time of year to make your resolutions for 2012. Some people pledge to lose ten pounds, some go further than that by proclaiming they will save tons of money for a rainy day. Well-being company MeYou Health tells us that 85% of these New Year’s resolutions fail, leaving us feeling like a...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware helped virtualize 12 business critical database applications. Management of temporary files, logs and other items will be a...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware helped virtualize 12 business critical database applications. It has been a busy year for VMware in terms of...
It’s no secret that Japan is the country of vending machines (they even have models like this one now), but this is new: Tokyo-based beverage company Asahi Soft Drinks took the wraps off a vending machine that not only offers drinks but also sends out Wi-Fi signals within a 50m radius. The Wi-Fi...
Google activated 3.7 million Android devices on 12/24 and 12/25, says Android leader Andy Rubin on Google+. (For some context, Apple sold 4 million iPhone 4Ss on its opening weekend of sales. An apples to oranges comparison? Yes, but still sort of interesting.) How does this stack up to Apple over the Christmas weekend?...
Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Dave Chase, the CEO of Avado.com, a patient portal relationship management company that was a TechCrunch Disrupt finalist. Previously he was a management consultant for Accenture’s healthcare practice and founder of Microsoft’s Health business. You can follow him on Twitter@chasedave. In several of my past pieces, I have written about the...
San Francisco is slated to get a gigabit fiber to the home network in the coming five years, with the construction on the network to begin next year if Sonic.net gets the permits it needs to begin the pilot build out. But those permits are far from certain. As ATT’s battle with the city...
If you live in a rich country, escalators are likely part of your daily life; the novelty has long worn off, and most of us have come to ignore or even despise them. We probably shouldn’t: escalators can also change lives, and that’s exactly what they’re doing in Colombia. Comuna 13, one of Medellin’s...